Balanced chakras, balanced life: Take your mind, body and spirit in for an alignment

5:51 PM,
Jan. 6, 2014

meditation

Written by

Avery Hurt
| Gannett

Chakra is the Sanskrit word for "wheel," but it can also be expressed as "vortex" or "whirlpool," which might be a slightly better way of thinking of chakras. According to several traditions of Asian medicine, chakras are locations throughout the body where energy congregates as it flows in and out of the body.

In western medicine, a healthy body is said to be in homeostasis, meaning that all systems are functioning within their normal range - or to put it another way, everything is in balance.

Balance is also what you are aiming for with your chakras. But balance can be a tricky thing. Chakras ...